a controversial anti—migrant group has registered as a south african political party in time for next year's general election. operation dudula — which means operation "force out" in zulu — has vowed to take its campaign against undocumented foreign nationals to the country's parliament. bbc africa eye's ayanda charlie reports from johannsesburg. these men are on a mission to confront a local shopkeeper who is in dispute with his landlady over rent. where is the papers of this business? bring the papers — put the papers here and we will talk. they say they are here to engage with him but within minutes, the situation turns ugly. yelling. without papers to prove his residency, shopkeeper from mozambique is forced

out of his business. this is operation dudula, an anti—migrant campaign group and newly formed political party. what gives you the right for that? i'm a citizen. i'm legally here. we're not vigilantes. they say they want all undocumented migrants to leave south africa. we grew up in an apartheid time, when things were much - better than what it is now. but now, the way things - are happening, the government is failing us in law. but critics accuse them of xenophobia and vigilantism. good morning! how are you? the migrants — they are the poorest of the poor and are vulnerable. they'd rather go to them and rattle them, instead of rattling the cages of the guys living in the glass houses. hundreds gathered in centraljohannesburg

for operation dudula's conference. the mood is celebratory. but listen to some of the words. this man is singing, "we will go to the gas station, buy some petrol and burn the foreigners". at the conference, members vote overwhelmingly in favour of becoming a political party. zandile dabula is the president and hopes to lead the party in next year's general election. you have managed to gain a following on the singular message that foreigners must go. is that not running on hate? most of the problems that we have are caused by the influx of foreign nationals. we were at an operation yesterday. what was supposed to be a conversation very quickly turned into a confrontation. in some instances, you need

to really be harsh. we don't promote violence and we don't want people to feel harassed but i'll tell you that, at some stage, we really need to push harder. the ruling anc party has been in government for almost 30 years but against the backdrop of a failing economy, rampant criminality and widespread corruption, polls show that support for the party has been declining. operation dudula is hoping to fill that vacuum. ayanda charlie, bbc news. we're now more than three months into ukraine's big counter—offensive to push back russia's forces and ukraine's generals say they have broken through the first line of russia's defences. but what exactly does that mean for the war? and are the ukrainians any closer to a breakthrough before the autumn rains set in and progress risks grinding to a halt? our security correspondent frank gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to come up

with this assessment. ukraine's big counter offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russia's defences to turn the tide of this war? let's just remind ourselves. the dark red area is the area occupied by russian forces. the purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. the russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles — trenches, anti—tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. the ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. you can see the hidden mines circled in red here, and they're doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire. hence the slow progress to date. they're also having to find their way through obstacles like this one known as dragon's teeth, designed to stop tanks and armoured vehicles. but we do have confirmed sightings of ukrainian troops just beyond the first line of russia's

defences, like this one, where russian forces are shelling ukrainian positions. ina wood. we've geolocated that wood to this point on the map just beyond that first line of russian defense. but so far, it's only ukrainian infantry getting through these yellow dots on the map show where those ukrainian troops have got to. what we're not seeing is big ukrainian armoured formations punching through. and that's because rather like this burning british challenger two tank supplied by britain, they are vulnerable to russia's mines and drones and anti—tank missiles. and russia all this time has been moving in reinforcements. this drone footage we saw there was filmed by a russian airborne unit. we've geolocated the ground shown to being close to the town of verbove. but let's not forget that this battlefield is dynamic. it's constantly shifting. now, on the map, it really doesn't

look like ukraine has got very far in the past three months, but they are steadily wearing down the russian defenders and this is where they need to get to — the heavily defended town of tokmak. that would bring russia's main supply routes for crimea here within regular artillery range, potentially cutting off russia from its garrisons in illegally annexed crimea. if they can do that, then this whole counteroffensive can be judged a partial success. and scenes like this will not just be about victory, it will be a strategic one that could end up the tide of this war in ukraine's favour.

a definite morale boost. but ultimately, it is in the south with the success or failure of this counteroffensive will be decided. officials in libya say at least three greek rescue workers have died in a road accident, as they were travelling from benghazi to derna, the area worst hit by recent floods. seven others were critically injured. rescue teams continue to pull out the bodies of the many libyans who died, when two dams burst in the wake of storm daniel. un agencies have warned that derna faces the threat of disease outbreaks which could bring — what they describe as — "a second devastating crisis". they say 30,000 people have been left homeless in derna and that there's a desperate need for clean water, food and basic supplies to mitigate the growing risk of cholera, diarrhoea, dehydration and malnutrition. our correspondent anna foster has had special access to a recovery zone in derna where people had just a split second to make a decision which was the difference

between life or death. this is one of the street is that has already been very carefully cleared of bodies. you can see if you look up here how high the water came in areas like this where you see the debris right at the top of the building. it shows you how high and pass the water was. they found in this area victims on the fourth, fifth, even six stories of some of these apartment blocks. you can see them using the heavy equipment to create new channels and parts to get underneath to see how many more victims they can find, because for people in this area it was a real split—second decision whether to stay or whether to go and across town i met a woman who is only alive now with her five

children because she made the decision to leave when the rain started. as well as my neighbour, my friends, every time asking me. asking if all is good and the family is here. she is living in that school now along with many other people whose homes and communities look like this. there is still so much more work to do and along with the turkish team there are recovery workers now from around the world coming in to derna to do what they can to try and help in this catastrophe. breaking news there is thatis that is just come in. following the

decision by iran to withdraw the designation of several inspectors and that his inspectors from the international atomic energy agency who were given access to inspect the nuclear operation. i will redo some of the statement here. iran's actions will undermine the agencies ability to carry out its safeguards, mandates effectively as the director general makes clear in his statement, it is another step in the wrong direction and constitutes an unnecessary blow to an already strained relationship between the international atomic energy agency and iran. they going to say that iran continues to expand its nuclear activity is also deliberately hampering data make him during the —— hampering the verification.

condemning this unprecedented and unilateral measure and this all comes on the same day that five american citizens jailed in iran were freed as a part of a prisoner swap but involve the transfer of some $6 billion and in oil revenue and on the same day that came, prisonjoe biden showed new sanctions on the country's intelligence minister. a lot is going on between iran and the west the nuclear inspectors the latest developments there. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. a village is once again been transformed into a stunning display of creativity. it is the seventh year that the scarecrow trail is been organised and expended to

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by civil rights groups of amplifying anti—jewish hatred on his social media platform, x. the two engaged in conversations about artificial intelligence. and — new research suggests the social media platform — snapchat — was involved in nearly half of all online grooming crimes recorded by police in england and wales in the past year. figures obtained by the nspcc show there were more than two thousand known cases of sexual communication with a child on the platform. the children's charity is part of a global coalition — of more than one hundred sexual abuse survivors, families and child safety experts. they're demanding tech companies take responsibility to protect children on their sites. earlier i spoke ith william guyatt, a tech journalist and former meta employee, who provided a summary of all these tech stories. it is every world leader that wants to be him. elon musk. he was meeting with turkish president yesterday and

now he is meeting benjamin netanyahu and various tweets or axes or whatever you want to cause another twitter has changed its name and benjamin netanyahu said they were talking about al for the good of civilisation. it is a fairly lofty and ambitious goal to be covered in the long meeting. but the thing that is very interesting about this meeting for me, i cannot help but wonder whether benjamin netanyahu wonder whether benjamin neta nyahu will try wonder whether benjamin netanyahu will try to exert some kind of pressure on elon musk to try to do his best to target and tackle and clean speech on this platform. elon musk in the second in charge claims the platform is cleaner than ever before and suggesting that organisations like the anti—defamation league and the centre for digital hate are perhaps stirring the pot and are being funded by anti—x organisations were trying to kill the site which is something that elon musk said this would be very interesting to see what comes out of this if benjamin

netanyahu puts across both their seen cases of hate speech against jewish people around the world and other groups and legacy if anything comes from that. the other groups and legacy if anything comes from that.— other groups and legacy if anything comes from that. the seven listen to some of what — comes from that. the seven listen to some of what elon _ comes from that. the seven listen to some of what elon musk— comes from that. the seven listen to some of what elon musk and - comes from that. the seven listen to i some of what elon musk and benjamin netanyahu had to say earlier. some of what elon musk and ben'amin netanyahu had to say earlier.�* netanyahu had to say earlier. assume ou are netanyahu had to say earlier. assume you are president, _ netanyahu had to say earlier. assume you are president, not _ netanyahu had to say earlier. assume you are president, not officially. - you are president, not officially. you are the unofficial president. what do you suggest we do to curb the crisis and increase the blessings?— the crisis and increase the blessings? that is what this discussion _ blessings? that is what this discussion is _ blessings? that is what this discussion is about - blessings? that is what this discussion is about and - blessings? that is what this discussion is about and i - blessings? that is what this | discussion is about and i met blessings? that is what this - discussion is about and i met with a number_ discussion is about and i met with a number of— discussion is about and i met with a number of world leaders and talking about_ number of world leaders and talking about al _ number of world leaders and talking about al risks and i think for a lot of people. — about al risks and i think for a lot of people, unless you're really immersed in the technology, you

don't _ immersed in the technology, you don't really know how significant those _ don't really know how significant those can— don't really know how significant those can be. i think the reward is very positive. will, there are other stories that we wanted to discuss with you and the next one was the children's charity and remind us what was in it what the main concerns are relating to concern about the social media platform. to concern about the social media latform. , , , ., , platform. this is been attempting to no throu~h platform. this is been attempting to go through parliament _ platform. this is been attempting to go through parliament for _ platform. this is been attempting to go through parliament for years - platform. this is been attempting toj go through parliament for years now in its final hurdle about to go through and it was a suggestion that social media networks could do more to protect young people and urging the government not to go back on the idea that the company should be targeted and penalised if they do not reach these goals and it's a tricky conversation because i fully

understand recognise and respect all of these terrible cases that they say and there's a big discussion on internet sites and messaging services on the internet can remain encrypted and anyone speaking about child abuse it is very clear that they do not believe encryption should be allowed for the rest of the internet and others using the internet illegally and normally, it weakens our security and increases the risk of us being surveilled by other people and organisations and it's very clear argument on either side here there is a worry in the concern some these organisations that the government and the uk may go back from forcing companies to drop encryption because companies that are used to work for and others are suggesting that encryption is dropped in the uk, we would lose many of the services that we come to love and use. many of the services that we come to love and use-— love and use. have you heard from the tech companies _ love and use. have you heard from the tech companies in _ love and use. have you heard from the tech companies in relation - love and use. have you heard from the tech companies in relation to l the tech companies in relation to that question with a challenge that we face, snap shut and we have

cutting edge technology and they're doing a lot more to protect young people on these platforms were still human cases of young people being targeted and that is the very motive and that is something very hard for someone like me to come on here and say should be focusing on encryption because these examples still exist. new research suggests that this was involved in nearly all online grooming crimes according to police in the past year. we do have a statement from snatch up responding to that which sets we have clear rules over what is allowed and teams to make it harderfor someone they do not know to contact them and parental. families know who their teens are talking to but tell us more about this research. what

more about this research. what really gets _ more about this research. what really gets my _ more about this research. what really gets my goat _ more about this research. what really gets my goat here - more about this research. what really gets my goat here is - more about this research. twat really gets my goat here is that you should have had some from snapchat here rather than a statement that they'd given you, someone here from snapchat should be explaining how they really are trying to keep young people safer with the special tools are in the measures that they take the fight in the situations that these tech companies hide behind the statements regardless of what cutting—edge tools they use if the research is causing more than half of the online grooming cases for children in the uk, action clearly does need to be taken there and you does need to be taken there and you do need to have organisations step in and snapchat instead of more human moderators to try and tackle this. there is one thing to say about this, the problem you to face these platforms is snapchat if they've cleaned direct up significantly, the sexual abuse charges will be pushed other platforms and another investigation is around hundred 15 different apps,

games and websites used by sex offenders in the uk to target children and you basically will find them popping up from one to another in the services that cleaned up and get a biggerfocus in a push. it get a bigger focus in a push. if you've been impacted by any of this, you've been impacted by any of this, you can get help and support from some of these issues by going to the bbc action line page and for its action line and the numbers there as well. the government has agreed to pay six hundred thousand pounds to every postmaster who was wrongfully convicted in the horizon scandal. more than 700 postmasters were convicted for stealing money between 2000 and 2014 — when in fact the horizon computer system used by the post office was faulty. some postmasters were imprisoned, some took their own lives and some

died before seeing their names cleared in what's been described as one of the uk's largest ever miscarriages ofjustice. emma simpson has more. sub—postmaster noel thomas, on his way to prison in 2006. he spent his 60th birthday there, nine months behind bars. two years ago, his conviction for false accounting, finally quashed. only now is he getting his life back. he has had an interim payment or compensation, but will he be tempted by the government's offer of £600,000 in total to bring this all to a close? i wouldn't say it's not enough, but i still say that people have gone through a hell of a lot in this time. as i said, i've gone through a hell of a lot in 17 years. no money will repay what we have lost. the post office minister told me he agrees, but says the government wants to offer noel and the other

victims a new option. you can civilly take a fixed sum that will compensate you for what you have been through, and that fixed sum will be £600,000, completely net of tax, legal costs are covered on top of that. so people who have had a conviction that has been overturned can go down that route and to take £600,000 off the table as soon as this process is open. i think it is fair in terms of what we are seeing in terms of general numbers of claims coming in, and the amount of those claims, we have aired on the side of generosity. around 700 sub postmasters were convicted based on information from the computer system, horizon. it was faulty, making it look like money was being sold. £21 million has already paid in compensation, mainly interim payments. only five supposed —— sub postmasters have been paid compensation in full. the solicitor representing most of the 86 a is a difficult

decision lies ahead. there is a hugely attractive carrot being dangled. but for some, it does not represent full and fair compensation. the dilemma is accepting the sum that is value lesser than what would be full and fair, but gives them the opportunity to enjoy some peace of mind in retirement, after a long fort fight, where the years are running out. it's far from clear how many will accept this new offer, or press on in the long—running battle to get what they fully deserve. the clear up operation has begun following flash floods which swept through parts of devon and somerset leaving destruction and deep mud in their wake. they were sparked by torrential rain and thunderstorms over the weekend. our correspondentjaneenjansen reports from harburton in devon

mud, hideous mud. the big clean—up is under way. here in the village of halberton in devon, 20 homes were flooded. betty baldwin's house was the worst affected. just woke up in the night to hear an awful lot of water, like the sea. and i thought, "where's all that sound coming from?" and i went to the window and i shouted, "i can't get out, i can't get out. i'm just so frightened. help me, please." here, the whole community came together to help the 95—year—old. she was distressed, very distressed. i mean, it's her 96th birthday in two weeks' time. and, you know, you can imagine. her furniture was floating in this room. i mean, actually, you know, when i climbed through the window, i had to step into... literally it was over my knees. poor betty. all the mud went in.

it must have been about three or four inches deep, _ all so the villagers have - all rallied together and we've all been shoveling mud and cleaning it out. - well, betty's lived here since she was eight years old, and she'd laid out the invitations for her 96th birthday party, but they got washed away. and when the fire brigade came to get her out, they took her out through the conservatory because they didn't want her to see the state of her beloved home. roads turned into rivers. the coastal town of dawlish ran red. elsewhere, butlin�*s in minehead was forced to close for four days and exeter airport closed yesterday. this family in swindon woke up to find their garden transformed into a swimming pool. and in kenton, in devon, it's feared it could take several days for floodwaters to recede. the storms in the south west have now passed, but heavy rain and flood warnings are forecast for wales and the north

of england over the coming days. now, here's the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. although not on the same scale as the severe thunderstorms we had last night, we have had some pretty heavy downpours across parts of east anglia and cambridgeshire through the day to day. these storms produced around 11 millimetres in the space ofjust one hour, which is a pretty hefty downpour of rain. the weather picture this week is looking very unsettled. it's all down to a strong jet stream across the atlantic, 150 mile an hour winds high up in the atmosphere. and it's this trough that makes areas of low pressure. they are going to get steered one after the next across the uk with tightly packed isobars. well, that tells you it's going to be windy because it's the, i suppose the pressure gradient that makes the wind blow in the first place. now, overnight, it's nice. initially we've got a few showers, but later in the night we'll see a band of heavy rain spread across northern ireland before getting into parts of scotland, england and wales. mild in the south, cooler air in the north, the winds picking up all the way through the night. and then for tomorrow, a wet and windy day on the cards. the rainfall totals really building up over the high ground of wales and north west england where over the next couple of days

we could be looking at some localised flooding. this strong zone of winds will push the band of rain northwards across northern ireland, northern england and into scotland with a peak winds probably working into north west wales where around the coast and hills gusts could reach 60 odd miles an hour. but for most of us, it will be a very windy day, windy enough to bring down a few tree branches. there could be some localised disruption in just one or two areas. now about five days ago, hurricane lee was spinning around out in the tropical atlantic. since then, it turned into a normal area of low pressure that brought wet and windy weather to eastern canada over the weekend. and well, what's left of that hurricane is tied in with this area of low pressure. so we've got some wet and windy weather moving its way eastwards across the country for wednesday. a cold front moving across england and wales, bringing a short lived but intense spell of rain. some very strong wind gusts just on and ahead of this weather front and to the western side of

scotland, we could also see a zone of very strong winds with gusts maybe reaching as much as 60 or 70 miles an hour. however, there is still uncertainty about the exact strength of those winds for west scotland. itjust depends on the shape and the depth of that area of low pressure. it will stay wet and windy though into thursday. friday, quite a few showers around saturday, probably dry, but more rain on the way for sunday. that's the latest.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. i've never had any complaints about him. other than turning up late. yeah, that kind of thing, standard stuff in our business. these are very hard allegations for the police to investigate and for potential victims to have to deal with. but what we do have now is the start of a police investigation. i think if there was an independent person within say an organisation i

like the bbc, within the larger, super indie companies, - that would be really good. and if we had a network. of those people, perhaps they could compare notes. the metropolitan police open an investigation into actor russel brand over an alleged sexual assault in london, in 2003. a complaint was made this morning following weekend reports into brand's treatment of women.as yet no charges but again it raises broader issues pertaining to the tv industry. we will discuss. also tonight ransom diplomacy. five iranian americans on their way home, after the white house sanctioned a payment of 6 billion euros to the regime in terhan. we will dig deeper into how that deal was brokered. and 150 world leaders in new york for a summit on development.

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